Improvement in seeding-machines



D. ELDRED. Broadcast-Seeder.

Patented May 22, 1860.

N. PEYERS, PHOTKLLITMOGHAFHER, WASHINGTON. D 04 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

DAVID ELDRED, or MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEEDING-MACHIN ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 28,357, dated May 22,1800.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID ELDRED, of Monmouth, in the county of Warrenand State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Seeding-Machine;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan or topview of my invention; Fig. 2, a side sectional view of the same, takenin the linear as, Fig. 1; Fig.3, an enlarged section of a portion of theseed-box, taken in the line 3 y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to an improved seeding-machine of that classwhich are used for sowing seed broadcast; and it consists in a novelmeans for varying the capacity of the seed'reeeptacles, and consequentlyfor regulatin g the amount of seed to be sown in a given area.

The invention also consists in the employment or use of an adjustablescattering-board attached to the seed-box, and so arranged rela tivelytherewith that the distribution of the seed may be stopped wheneverdesired without throwing the working parts of the distributing deviceout of gear with the drivingwheel.

The invention further consists in a means employed for retaining theseed in proper position within the seed-box, so that the distribution ofthe seed will not be effected by the inclination of the machine inmoving over inclined ground.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, 1 will proceed to describe it.

A represents an axle having a wheel, B, at each end and a draft-polesecured to it.

0 is a seed-box, which is attached to the axle A and has a shaft, D,placed longitudinally on its upper part, and provided with a series ofwheels, E, placed at equal distances apart.

To the peripheries of the wheels E there are attached circumferentiallya series of tubes, a.

These tubes may be of sheet metal, and each has a stopper, 1), fitted inone end, which may be of cork or other suitable elastic substance. Thestoppers b serve as bottoms to the tubes at, and the capacity of thesetubes may be varied by adjusting the corks a greater or less distanceinto the tubes or. This will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 2.

To the bottom of the box 0 there are a se ries of double-inclinedpartitions, 0. These partitions are placed between the wheels E, one ineach space, the wheel E being directly over the centers of the spacesbetween the par titions 0. See Fig. 3.)

To the back edge of the seed-box C there is attached by hinges orjointsd a board, F. This board extends the whole length of the seedbox, and ithas a cord, 6, attached wit, the cord extending through proper guides tothe drivers seat G, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

To the upper part of the seed-box O, at its front side, there is secureda seed-hopper, H, the back part of which is provided with holes f, overwhich a recessed or notched slide, I, is fitted and allowed to workfreely back and forth to form a registerto control the escape of seedinto the seed-box G. On the hopper H the seat J is placed, and the shaftD is driven from the axle A by a belt, g.

The operation is as follows: As the machine is drawn along and thewheels E rotate the tubes or seed-receptacles a scoop up the seed fromthe seed-box O and discharge it upon the inclined board F, which servesas a scatterer, the seed falling from the board F upon the ground. Thecapacity of the tubes a may be regulated by adjusting the stoppers b,and

when it is not designed to distribute any seed the board F is elevated,the driver drawing in the cord 6. In case the machine is passing overinclined ground the partitions 0 keep the seed underneath the severalwheels E, preventing its passing down by gravity toward the lower end ofthe seed-box.

The stoppers b may be of cork, india-rubber, or other suitable elasticor yielding substance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The employment or use of the tubes or seed-receptacles a, whenattached to the peripheries of wheels E and provided with adjustableyielding or elastic stoppers b,arranged as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The adjustable or hinged scattering-board F, attached to the seed-boxO, as and for. the purpose specified.

3. The double inclined partitions c c in the seed-box 0, arrangedrelatively with the seeddistributing wheels E, for the purpose setforth.

DAVID ELDBED.

Witnesses:

W. B. GREER, WM. LAFERTY.

